Tucker Fredricks
EVENT - LONG TRACK SPEEDSKATING
HEIGHT 5'6"
OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS
- 2006 Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 Olympic Winter Games
- Men's 500m: 12th
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2002 and 2003 U.S. Junior Speedskating Champion
- 2002 World Junior Speedskating Championships: Bronze 500m
- 2003 World Junior Speedskating Championships: Gold 500m
- 2007 World Single Distance Championships: Bronze 500m
- 2008 U.S. Sprint Champion
- 2008-09 World Cup Series: Gold 500m (WC 6); Gold 500m, Bronze 500m (WC 7)
- 2009 U.S. Speedskating Championships: 2nd overall
- 2009 World Cup Finals: 3rd overall 500m
- 2009 World Single Distance Championships: 5th place 500m
- 2009-10 World Cup season: Gold 500m; Silver 500m
PERSONAL
Tucker Fredricks is a mainstay in the U.S. National Sprint Program attending World Cup and World Championship Speedskating events since the 2004-05 season. He was a member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Speedskating Team in Torino and is headed for Vancouver as a member of the 2010 Olympic Team. His international experience spans Asia, North American and Europe as he participated in dozens of speedskating events. One of Fredricks’ great accomplishments is winning the gold medal in 500m at 2003 World Junior Championships
During the 2008-09 season Fredricks has consistently finished in the top 10 during World Cup competition in the 500m. He earned two gold and one bronze medal for this event during the World Cups and earned an overall bronze medal in the 500m at the 2009 World Cup Finals in Salt Lake City, Utah.
His 2009-10 World Cup season has been fantastic as Fredricks had podium finishes in each of the World Cups he skated, winning a gold, silver and two bronze medals in the 500m.
DID YOU KNOW...?
- Hobbies include golf, movies and music and future plans are to "get rich quick"
- Favorite films include "Dumb and Dumber," "Old School" and "American Movie"
- Won "fastest skater" competitions at youth hockey tournaments as a kid
